Valve mechanism for heating apparatus.



J. L. FIT'IS. VALVE MEGHANISM PoR HEATING APPARATUS. APPLIOATION FILED MAR.13, 1907.

941,703. Patented Nov. 30, '1909,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES LOGAN FITTS, 0F MERCHANTVILLE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO WARREN,

i WEBSTER & COMPANY, A CORPORATION 0F NEW JERSEY.

'VALVE MECHANISM FOR-HEATING APPARATUS.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 13, 1907. Serial No. 362,087.

` To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES LOGAN Frr'rs, of Merchantville, county of Camden, State of New Jersey, have invented an Improvement in Valve Mechanism for Heating Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

'More particularly my invention relates to `hand controlled or Y. static valves for controlling the`10w ofthe heating medium to or from a radiator or other heater, as distinguished from valves.

It is m object to enable the size of the thorough are through the valve body to be varied within wide limits to suit the requirements and conditions, and to enable the adjustments to be made with facility and changed at will.

It is also an object of my invention to enable the adjustment of the valve to be observed with ease from any part of the room from which the valve is visible and to enable the valve to be easily adapted to the.

pllsition of the radiator and the space availa e.

In carrying out my invention I employ a rocking cam for -Inoving the valve .stem which cam is provided with an operating lever or handle, which by its .an ular position indicates the adjustment 0% the stem and valve piece. This cam and handle are also arranged to rotate, so that the handle may be placed in any position in the circle or arc of rotationr that the position of the radiator and the available space may require.

In the preferred form of my invention I employ a valve stem and valve piece with a spring acting to close the valve piece on its seat; the valve stem is extended through the valve body and is pivotally connected on a A transverse axis with an involute cam which acts on the valve body against the spring to movethe stem and raise the valve piece when the cam is rocked. Suitable means are employed for holding the cam in adjusted 'position; these, in my preferred construction,

lconsist of notches on the cam face and an automatically controlled In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan View of a valve embodying my invent-ion; Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same on the line A--A'of F ig. l; and Fig. 3 is a plan View of the top washer.

a is the valve body having the usual ports b c, adapted to be connected with the radiator and circulating` pipe, and the thoroughfare (Z controlled by a valve iece e. As shown the valge is arranged to e employed as an inlet valve, theport c being connected with the radiator by the usual coupling fr',

and the port with the supply pipe. The

valve may, however, be used as a return valve, in vwhich case the port c would be connected with the usual return.

f is the usual cap or bonnet closing the open top or" the valve body. This bonnet carries a yoke or frame f, and thc valve stem g extends through the bonnet and its frame and is connected at the top with a block h, through which extends a pin z' carried by the involute cam 47' j arranged above the frame f.

7c is a spring between the valve piece e and the bonnet which acts to normally force the valve toward its seat 7c. The cam y' j acts on the upper face of the yoke (or preferably on the interposed washer m)v and when it is turned it acts to lift the stem g and valve piece c, and open the thoroughfare d. The faces of the cam l7' j, which is preferably bifurcated as shown, are' roughened or provided with notches a so that the cam will maintain the position in which it is placed and thus maintain the adjustment of the valve piece. And for this purpose the rib or ribs 0 are provided on the washer m to engage the notches of the cam face. The cam j j is provided with an operating lever or handle p.

'In the construction shown, the cam' is bifurcated and the connecting yoke or portion j is threaded to receive the lever 7);

the block It on the head of the lstem is be- 100 tween the two cam portions, and the-pin z' extends through it from one cam portion to the other, and the washer m, through which the stem q extends, is provided with a rib o on each side, one under each cam portion.

It is desirable that the cam and its handle should be free to rotate sothat the handle may be placed in convenient position depending on the location of the radiator, and it is for this purpose that the ribs o are Patented Nov. 30, 1909. v

formed on a Washer m. The Washer is held on the stem, as by the fiat face m, so that lvalve piece it will turn with the cam and thus maintain the ribs 0 at all times under thecam portions.

It Will be apparent that the valve piece may be lifted to any extent desired by moving the cam j j and will be maintained in adjusted position by the engagement of the notches a with the ribs o.

To enable the size of the thoroughfare to be controlled with greater nicety I prefer to employ an annular tapered plug t on the e and fitting within the orifice.v As the cam is moved first one notch and then another this plug is raised in the orifice yand provides a gradually increasing annular thoroughfare, until it is Wholly Withdrawn. lVhen the valve piece e and the plug are raised sufficiently by the cam the maximum opening is aiforded and any particles of dirt that may have found lodgment will be released and carried off.v Thus the valve may be cleaned at any moment by simply turning the cam to fully opened position.

There is a special advantage in operating the valve by a rocking cam which moves in a vertical plane, since the angular position of the lever in such plane indicates instantly to the eye the adjustment of the valve, and

this can be observed from any part of the room from which the lever is -in the line of vision. It is never necessary, therefore, to make a close inspection of the valve to ascertain its adjustment.

The yoke or frame f pose of elevating the operatingflever and cam and of affording space to give access to the usual packing gland it is not however essential, and may be omitted. lVhen it is employed however it may be considered, together with the bonnet f, as a part of the valve body.

The valve may he used to control the flow of heating medium in either direction-froiii c to l; or from 'b to c, and either port may therefore be the inlet and the other the outis used for the purlet. When the flow is from fr to I) the pressure of the heating medium acts in aid of the spring to close flow is in the other direction it acts against the spring to open the valve.

What I claim is as follows:

1. A valve device for steam heatin s 1rparatus, consisting of a valve-body having a thoroughfare, a valve-piece to control said thoroughfare, a valve-stcnifor operating said valve-piece extending through the vtop of the valve-body, and a'hi furcated cam having its cani faces acting on a part of the valve-body and arranged to niainlain vari.-

the valve, and when the able positions in its cam surface, the upper end of the valve-stein being pivoted to said cam between its bifurcations on a transverse axis. A

2. A valve device for steam heating apparatus, consisting of a valve-body having a thoroughfare, a valve-piece to control said thoroughfare, a yoke carried by the top of said valve-body, a Valve-stein for operating said valve-piece extending through the top of the valve-body and yoke, and a bifurcated cam having its cam faces acting on the yoke and arranged to maintain variable positions in its cam surface, the upper end of the valve-stem being pivoted to said cam between its bifurcations on' a transverse axis.

3. A valve-device for steam heating apparatus consisting of a valve-body having a thoroughfare, a valve-piece'to control said thoroughfare, a valve-stein for operating said valve-piece extendingv through the top of the valve-body, and an involute cam pivotally connected with the upper end of said stem on a transverse axis and havin its cain face bearing on a portion of the va ve-body and provided with a series yof notches n, said bearing portion being provided with a projection and maintain the cainin adjusted position.

4. In a valve for steam heating systems, the combination of -a valve body having a o adapted to engage the notches a' thoroughfare,v a valve-piece to ,control said Y thoroughfare, said valve-piece extending through the body,

a valve stem for operatingV a cam pivotally connected with Vthe upper end of said stein, said stein and cam being free to rotate, a washer adapted to yengage said cani and rotate with it interposed between tlie cam and Valve body, and a spring acting on said stein and the cam. v

5. In a valve for steam heating systems,

valve-piece against the combination of a valve body having a thoroughfare, a valve-piece to control said thoroughfare, a valve stein for operating said valve-piece extending through `the a rotary washer on the upper part of the body, i

valve body embracing said stein and prof. I

vided with a rib, and an involute cam` ivot-'f ally connected with the upper end oA saidnf' stein on a `transverse axis and having a notched cam face hearing upon said washer and engaging the rib thereof, and a spring acting on said stem and valve-piece against the cani.

In testimony of which invention, l have hereunto set my hand. v

JAMES LOGAN Fl'lllSi fitnesses lt. Josurii Minnen, liiiiai' Y. QUINN. 

